AboutNewell R. Falkinburg, M.D., FACP Expertise I am a board certified nephrologist and emeritus professor of medicine at a major medical school and past Director of Nephrology & Hypertension at a university affiliated hospital. I have expertise in all areas of clinical nephrology, dialysis, transplantation and plasmapheresis.
Experience Professor of medicine
Director of Nephrology
Question hello, for a few months now my urine has been bubbly but not as foamy as this http://farm1.static.flickr.com/157/346622539_c8636bc45a_m.jpg
, and the bubbles can last for a couple of hours. but i have had a blood test and a 24hr urine test and my results came back perfectly fine. i was just wondering what else can cause urine to foam, other then protein and creatinine? i have also been taking nitric oxide supplements, and protein supplements, but even after i stopped taking them for around 2 weeks my urine still foamed
Answer Dear Joseph,
Foamy urine can be due to protein in the urine but it usually has no definable cause. It may be due to the velocity of urine flow but no one really knows for sure. In any event it is NOT associated with any nephropathlogy, proteinuria notwithstanding.
